Billions of Madlang People in the Philippines and elsewhere continued to enjoy and connect online with the ABS-CBN’s noontime variety show, It’s Showtime, as it continued to expand its online presence since 2016 and garnered more than ten billion social media views on Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter, and TikTok, just a few months ahead of the much-awaited 2026 edition of Magpasikat and the show’s 17th anniversary since it premiered on ABS-CBN.
Its online counterpart, Showtime Online U (SOU), also celebrated its tenth anniversary, giving viewers another way to be part of the experience. The anniversary celebration opened with a performance from its hosts Wize Estabillo, AC Soriano, Nicki Morena, Lorraine Galvez, JM dela Cerna, Marielle Montellano, Anthony Castillo, Anne Tenorio, Jannah Alanise, Mackie Empuerto, Eris Gonzaga, and Zeah Pala.
The show’s hosts, together with the “Madlang Onliners”, also gathered at the Dolphy Theater to celebrate the online show’s first decade, complete with music, games, and entertainment. Nicki Morena, one of the hosts from Showtime Online U, shared that the program’s 10th anniversary is a meaningful occasion, as she has experienced Showtime as a contestant, a host, and now as an OFW-turned-online viewer who flew back to the Philippines to celebrate the anniversary.
Na-experience ko yung ‘Showtime’ from different sides—bilang contestant, host, at OFW—kaya mas na-realize ko kung gaano ka-importante ang SOU para sa mga OFW na malayo sa Pilipinas, Nikki shared.
Para siyang bridge of happiness. Dati, sa TV mo lang aabangan ng alas-dose, pero ngayon kahit nasa MRT ka o nasa abroad bilang OFW, pwede mo nang mapanood ang ‘It’s Showtime,’ AC Soriano shared how the online show has helped make the noontime show made available to online viewers, locally and globally.
The online companion show has been part of the noontime show experience, giving its online viewers and studio audience a way to interact, participate, and share the fun straight to any device, alongside their television screen. Showtime Online U is a part of It’s Showtime, seen on the social media accounts of ABS-CBN (via Kapamilya Online Live) and It’s Showtime from Monday to Saturday at 12:00.
Meanwhile, one of the noontime show’s hosts, Vice Ganda, announced that the Phenomenal Unkabogable Star will bring Gandang Gabi Vice once again on several ABS-CBN and GMA Network platforms within September. Back in 2020, months before the main Kapamilya network shut down amidst the pandemic, Meme Vice promised that the evening talk show would soon return after a “long commercial break”.
[I’m] super, super excited. Ipinagdasal ko ‘to, winish ko. When I had the chance to talk to both Ma’am Annette [Gozon-Valdes] and the ABS-CBN Management, tinanong nila kung anong gusto kong show. Ang sinabi ko, GGV ang gusto ko, Meme Vice shared in an exclusive interview on ABS-CBN News and GMA News.
Meme Vice also shared that he is all set to invite some of the Kapuso stars from the talk show. Meme Vice said, Laging si Michael V. nasa listahan ko, [then si] Marian [Rivera]. Si Dingdong [Dantes] kasi na-experience na ang GGV. [Gusto ko rin ma-guest] sina Alden [Richards], at [marami pang] Kapuso stars.
Sobrang nakaka-happy kasi hindi siya naluluma. Patuloy na nagre-resurface ‘yung mga lumang episode na. ‘Yung GGV experience hindi nalalaos, kasi ‘yung fun experience ever since hanggang ngayon, ‘yan ang gusto nating maramdaman. Nakakatuwa dahil hindi nawala sa kamalayan ng tao kahit sa Gen Z, Meme Vice concluded.
Gandang Gabi Vice will soon be released on several ABS-CBN and GMA Platforms, including a full uncut version of each episode on iWant, within September 2026.
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